William Styron

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STYRON, WILLIAMSET THIS HOUSE ON FIRE (Signed First Print)NEW YORK RANDOM HOUSE 1960 Decorative Cloth Very Good Very Good First Edition/First Printing 1960. A very good copy of a rare first printing in a likewise very good dustjacket. This copy signed by the Pulitzer Prize winning author. Styron's 3rd novel written before "Nat Turner" and "Sophie's Choice". This copy is very good with a slight cock to spine although book still lies flat when opened in the middle. Otherwise clean and unmarked throughout. The dustjacket is price clipped and slightly sunned on back cover around edges and surrounding pictorial portrait of the author---and a little edgeworn with two minor small closed end repaired tears at top of spine---otherwise very good and collectable. Styron is proving to be one of America's most accomplished novelists and his recent death in Cape Cod has only brought his work even more to the forefront of American Literature. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for "Confessions of Nat Turner". "Set This House On Fire" takes place in Sambuco Italy and is a classic novel of "Good vs. Evil".
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175.00 USD

STYRON, WILLIAMSOFIE'S CHOICE (Signed First Edition)Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A. Random House Inc 1979 0394461096 / 9780394461090 First Edition Hardcover Near fine Near fine First Edition/ First Printing in a near fine D/J with original $12.95 price. Signed by William Styron. Minor scuffs front and back boards- else Very Good. A very handsome copy. Perhaps Styron's most well known work besides " The Confessions of Nat Turner" which won him the Pulitzer Prize.
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145.00 USD

Styron, WilliamThe Confessions of Nat TurnerNew York Random House 1967 First Cloth Fine Fine First Printing 1967. From the Donald Olsen collection of Modern Firsts--recently released for sale. A fine copy in an unclipped and fine dustjacket. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1968. A very collectable copy. Styron's look into southern slavery through the eyes of a slave--a controversial book for the 60's and perhaps still controversial today--as Styron was a white author. Styron also wrote "Sophie's Choice" and "Lie Down In Darkness" which was his first novel--- written when he was only 25. One of the founders of the Paris Book Review--Styron was a major influence on American fiction over the last 50 years. A very collectable copy. Protected in a BrodArt jacket cover and shipped Priority for media mail price.
Price:
145.00 USD

STYRON, WILLIAMTHE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER (Signed First Print)NEW YORK RANDOM HOUSE 1967 Decorative Cloth Very Good Very Good First Edition/Stated First Printing. Signed by the author on the title page. A handsome copy with only minimal wear to black cloth cover and silver lettering on spine. Previous owner's stamp on front endpaper. Else very good+. D/J has light rubbing and is not price clipped--overall a very collectable copy. Near fine copy of the first printing signed by Styron---the author of "Sophie's Choice". Pulitzer Prize winning book.
Price:
175.00 USD